How To Install libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross on Ubuntu 20.04. libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross is GCC Quad-Precision Math Library GCC Quad-Precision Math Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross

libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross is:

A library, which provides quad-precision mathematical functions on targets supporting the __float128 datatype. The library is used to provide on such targets the REAL(16) type in the GNU Fortran compiler.

Package: libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross Architecture: all Version: 10-20200411-0ubuntu1cross1 Built-Using: gcc-10 (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1) Priority: optional Section: devel Source: gcc-10-cross (6ubuntu2) Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 397 Depends: gcc-10-cross-base (>= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1), libc6-ppc64el-cross (>= 2.31) Filename: pool/main/g/gcc-10-cross/libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross_10-20200411-0ubuntu1cross1_all.deb Size: 152844 MD5sum: 72dc1cac0a92a57450ab45e4f6836365 SHA1: 8036d3ae9bde4443ff990e6f0155cb3d10e6d500 SHA256: a529ea5466818b34d45d74f692f5db28366424a27062389ea0c3f82963460722 Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: GCC Quad-Precision Math Library A library, which provides quad-precision mathematical functions on targets supporting the __float128 datatype. The library is used to provide on such targets the REAL(16) type in the GNU Fortran compiler.

There are three methods to install libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross

Install libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross

Install libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross

How To Uninstall libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross

Uninstall libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross

Remove libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross Configurations and Data

To remove libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross

Remove libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libquadmath0-ppc64el-cross package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.